Index
- St Helens to Ormskirk Home
- St Helens 3rd
- St Helens Central
- Gerards Bridge
- Moss Bank
- Crank Halt
- Old Mill Lane
- Rookery 1st
- Rookery 2nd
- Rainford Village
- Rainford Junction
- Heys Crossing Halt
- White Moss Halt
- Skelmersdale
- Westhead Halt
- Ormskirk
Old Mill Lane Halt
(1906 - 1907 1911 -1951)
Old Mill Lane was a halt situated on the St Helens to Rainford Junction line which had opened in February 1858
The halt opened on August 1 1906 and was located on both sides of the level crossing. Both platforms were identical timber structures that had no shelters. At the southern end of the up platform - Rainford Junction direction - there was a small timber ticket hut
To the west of the halt there was a pottery works that was probably the reason why the halt was provided. The works had its own siding which was directly opposite the up platform and branching off from the main line there was a siding that curved to the east and ran to another works
Old Mill Lane must have not generated the levels of traffic that the railway company had expected because it vanished from the timetable after April 1907 but on October 1 1911 the company introduced a railmotor service onto the St Helens and Rainford Junction service and Old Mill Lane reappeared in the timetable from that date
The July 1922 timetable showed 13 up and 13 down trains Monday to Friday with an extra train in each direction on Saturdays and there were three trains each way on Sundays. The summer timetable for 1932 showed 15 up and 15 down trains Monday to Friday. There was an extra down and 2 extra up trains on Saturdays but there were no Sunday trains
The service was reduced during the Second World War and afterwards it did not recover to its pre-war levels and in 1951 British Railways proposed the withdrawal of the passenger service between St Helens and Rainford Junction with the closure of the intermediate stations and halts. The last trains ran on Saturday July 16 1951
The line through Old Mill Lane remained busy as a freight service until July 6 1964 when it closed as a through route
The halt opened on August 1 1906 and was located on both sides of the level crossing. Both platforms were identical timber structures that had no shelters. At the southern end of the up platform - Rainford Junction direction - there was a small timber ticket hut
To the west of the halt there was a pottery works that was probably the reason why the halt was provided. The works had its own siding which was directly opposite the up platform and branching off from the main line there was a siding that curved to the east and ran to another works
Old Mill Lane must have not generated the levels of traffic that the railway company had expected because it vanished from the timetable after April 1907 but on October 1 1911 the company introduced a railmotor service onto the St Helens and Rainford Junction service and Old Mill Lane reappeared in the timetable from that date
The July 1922 timetable showed 13 up and 13 down trains Monday to Friday with an extra train in each direction on Saturdays and there were three trains each way on Sundays. The summer timetable for 1932 showed 15 up and 15 down trains Monday to Friday. There was an extra down and 2 extra up trains on Saturdays but there were no Sunday trains
The service was reduced during the Second World War and afterwards it did not recover to its pre-war levels and in 1951 British Railways proposed the withdrawal of the passenger service between St Helens and Rainford Junction with the closure of the intermediate stations and halts. The last trains ran on Saturday July 16 1951
The line through Old Mill Lane remained busy as a freight service until July 6 1964 when it closed as a through route
